Arrow Catching is
proposed to be archetypal behavior such as was first described
by Carl Jung. It is fundamental prototypical human behavior.
Arrow Catching comprises two instinctive behaviors - the hunt
and the natural human curiosity about distant events and
structures.

Arrow Catching was described as the
drive to deliberately cognize events at the limits of the
human consciousness stream. So the activity is clearly a
hunt, just the same as seeking out a barely distinguishable
animal in the wild to take for food. Hunting activity of this
general type has been fundamental to the survival and growth
of the species. It is a prototypical behavior - an archetypal
structure.

As well the human species apparently
from the beginning has constantly "hunted" for
answers regarding events at the limit of understanding or
cognition. In ancient times the heavenly bodies
continuously seeded the curiosity as one of an infinite number
of possible examples. The instinct continues on to this
day in that rubric with the Hubble telescope and radio
astronomy. It is a democratic drive in that hobbyists
might share the same fascination by "DXing" -
seeking distant contacts - with an amateur radio rig.
Education institutions deliberately cater to the drive to
understand at the limit of cognition and intellect. And so on
and on. The page visitor can easily describe analogous
patterns from their own experience and background.

Arrow Catching has one major distinction
from the general conception of academic learning however in
that the focus is on events at the most outer limits of
cognition and awareness. These are events that can potentially
be translated into practical knowledge, but it is the maximum
stretch. Successful arrow catching would tend to enlarge
the boundaries of one's temporal aperture surround.

In many Eastern spiritual study
scenarios, the student is taught to ignore cognition events at
the boundaries of awareness. The Open Mystic instead
attempts to amplify and cognize these events. This activity or
even fetish would naturally tend to expand the temporal
aperture boundaries so that further Arrow Catching will occur
at incrementally higher levels as more experience is
accumulated.

In some academic or life situations a
meaningful demonstrated PSI
event would be a "caught arrow" in the Open Mystic paradigm.